State, local authorities probe fires in Southeastern Massachusetts

Arson reported in Halifax and Plympton

The State Fire Marshal and local police are investigating whether two arson fires in Halifax and Plympton are related, and if there is a connection to several other intentionally-set fires in southern Massachusetts in recent weeks.

The fires early Monday were about two and a half miles apart. One started at about 3 a.m. in an unoccupied farm house on Route 58 in Halifax. The second fire started at about 5:30 a.m. in a garage on Main Street in north Plympton.

Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said in a statement anyone who may have seen something in the area of the fires is being urged to call police or the state arson hotline, 1-800-682-9229.

Middleborough Fire Chief Lance Benajmino tells the Taunton Daily Gazette there have been four suspicious fires in his town since September.